[PATCH] powerpc: Add second POWER8 PVR entry

Michael Neuling mikey at neuling.org
Thu Jul 18 16:25:05 EST 2013


Anshuman Khandual <khandual at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> On 07/18/2013 07:01 AM, Michael Neuling wrote:
> > POWER8 comes with two different PVRs.  This patch enables the additional
> > PVR in the cputable.
> > 
> > The existing entry (PVR=0x4b) is renamed to POWER8E and the new entry
> > (PVR=0x4d) is given POWER8.
> 
> Hey Mikey,
> 
> Is there any feature or architectural difference between these two different
> PVR based P8 chips ?

I've kept the CPU_FTRs the same.

Mikey


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